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Vocab. 4-6
Sadlier Oxford Vocab level G 4-6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| atrophy | waste away |
| bastion | stronghold |
| concord | harmony agreement |
| consummate | complete, perfected, masterful |
| disarray | disorder,dishevel |
| exigency | urgency, emergency |
| flotsam | floating wreckage |
| frenetic | frantic |
| glean | gather bit by bit |
| grouse | grumble, complain |
| incarcerate | imprison |
| incumbent | required, (Noun)the one currently in office |
| jocular | joking, droll, witty |
| ludicrous | ridiculous |
| mordant | biting or harsh |
| nettle | annoy, a stinging plant |
| pecuniary | financial |
| pusillanimous | cowardly |
| recumbent | reclining position |
| stratagem | ploy, ruse |
| acuity | sharpness (of mind) |
| delineate | portray, sketch, depict |
| depraved | perverted |
| enervate | weaken |
| esoteric | cryptic, arcane |
| fecund | fertile |
| fiat | edict |
| figment | invention, fancy |
| garner | accumulate |
| HALLOW | BLESS, consecrate |
| idiosyncrasy | quirk, eccentricity |
| mundane | earthly, humdrum, routine |
| nuance | subtle or slight variation, shade |
| overweening | conceited arrogant |
| penchant | strong inclination |
| reputed | alleged, supposed, by reputation |
| sophistry | fallacy, unsound reasoning |
| sumptuous | costly, rich |
| ubiquitous | omnipresent , universal |
| abject | wretched,degraded ABJECT POVERTY |
| agnostic | doubter |
| complicity | being an accomplice, connivance HE WAS COMPLICIT IN THE CRIME. |
| derelict | vagrant, abandoned THE TIDE WASHED IN A DERELICT SCHOONER. |
| diatribe | bitter verbal attack, tirade |
| effigy | likeness of a despised person BURNED IN EFFIGY |
| equity | justice, equalness, the value of property after deducting the mortgage owed. YOUR HOME EQUITY |
| inane | silly |
| indictment | formal accusation |
| indubitable | not to be doubted (undoubtable) |
| intermittent | stopping and starting, fitful INTERMITTENT SHOWERS |
| moot | debatable, questionable A MOOT POINT |
| motif | principal idea, theme |
| neophyte | novice NEWBIE |
| perspicacity | keenness in observing and understanding, acuity |
| plenary | complete, unrestricted PLENARY INDULGENCE |
| surveillance | scrutiny, watch |
| sylvan | forested, pertaining to the woods PENNSYLVANIA |
| testy | peevish, easily irritated |
| travesty | farce, grossly inferior imitation TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE |